Permit intelligence for construction service businesses
Turn your county’s building permits into booked jobs — every morning.
We watch every building permit in your county and email you the projects that need your service — ranked, every morning at 6 AM. Free for 14 days.
Public records · Never per lead · Cancel anytime
New 6-story mixed-use building, 180 units + ground-floor retail
Travis County, TX · Permit 2026-045821-BP · Issued Jul 10, 2026
$24.8M reported valuation
Why it matches
Large new construction means a portable restroom on site from day one, billed monthly for the length of the build.
Service window: place now → ~14+ months (estimate)
View source permit record →
Representative example. Facts from public records; score and timing are labeled estimates.
We watch every building permit filed in your county.
AI ranks the ones that need your service.
You get the list at 6 AM — and call first.
This isn’t Angi
You’ve been burned by lead vendors. So has everyone you know.
Buildout Radar is built as the opposite of the thing that wronged you. Every grievance in an Angi, HomeAdvisor, or Dodge contract is deliberately absent from ours.
What you’re used to
Buildout Radar
You pay per lead — even the fake ones, even the wrong trade
Flat monthly. Never per lead.
The same lead is sold to four of your competitors
We don't sell leads at all — flat monthly for the public record.
Bad numbers, no answer, “services you don't even offer”
Real public permit records — with a link to the source document
12-month contracts and a 35% cancellation fee
Month-to-month. Cancel in one click.
No trial — pay first, find out later
14-day free trial — see it work before your card is charged
Demand they manufactured by cold-calling “customers”
Permits are filed by the contractor. Real projects, already funded.
How it works
The filtering and the ranking — done. You just make the call.
Pick your county and your trade
Enter any U.S. city, county, ZIP, or radius. We resolve it against verified public permit sources before you ever pay — if it's not covered yet, you request it free and you're not charged.
We pull every new permit, daily, and rank it
Each new permit is scored for your specific service, with a plain-English reason it matches and the estimated service window. Every opportunity links straight to its public source record.
You get the shortlist at 6 AM
A daily digest (or instant alerts) with the addresses worth a call — so you reach the foreman before the site is even set up. Not a database to go dig through. The shortlist, delivered.
Built for four trades
The category’s software vendors are telling your competitors to use Craigslist.
Permit data is a proven channel almost nobody has told these trades about. Each page below is written for one of them, in their own words — pick yours.
Portable restroom rental
Every construction permit in your county at 6 AM — call the foreman before the trailer arrives.
Placed day one, then billed monthly for the whole build.
Commercial landscaping
Know about the project while the foundation's being poured — not after this season's contracts are signed.
Final-phase install and maintenance — months of lead time.
Dumpster & roll-off
Every demolition permit in your county, the morning it's issued.
The earliest signal a project throws off. Speed beats price.
Post-construction cleaning
Awarded projects only — a permit means the contract's signed, not that someone's hoping.
Final or phased clean — months out from issuance.
The honest part
Yes, permits are public. You could pull them yourself.
About two hours a week, per county — clicking through a government portal, exporting rows, guessing which of them are actually worth a call. It’s free, and it’s a real job.
We’re not selling you access. We’re selling the labor of filtering and the judgment of ranking — so it takes you the time it takes to read one email.
What you’re actually paying for
- Every new permit in your county, pulled daily — not when you remember to check
- Scored for your trade, so you skip the 90% that aren't yours
- A plain-English reason each one matches, and when the work lands
- The source permit link on every single one — verify it yourself in one click
Timing
“By the time it’s permitted, the subs are chosen.” True — for someone else’s business.
That objection is about plumbers, electricians, and HVAC — the MEP subs picked at design. You’re not an MEP sub. A dumpster or a portable restroom is sourced when the site opens. Landscaping and final cleaning are months out. You’re early, not late.
| Your trade | When you’re needed | Lead time from permit |
|---|---|---|
| Dumpsters | Day one — demolition | Days |
| Portable restrooms | Day one, then monthly for the whole build | Days, then recurring |
| Landscaping | Final phase | Months |
| Post-construction cleaning | Final phase | Months |
14-day free trial
See every ranked permit for your county for two weeks before your card is charged. Card up front — no charge today.
Never per lead
We don't sell leads — flat monthly for public records. We have no incentive to blast your job around.
Month-to-month
No contract, no cancellation fee. We remind you before it renews. Cancel in one click.
Coverage is verified, not promised
Enter any U.S. area and we check it against a registry of verified, currently-fresh permit sources before checkout is enabled. If your area isn’t covered yet, you file a free coverage request — you’re never charged for an area we can’t actually serve, and we never claim coverage a source hasn’t passed live checks for.
Straight answers
The objections you’re already thinking
- Isn't this just another lead vendor like Angi?
- No. Buildout Radar is public permit records — filtered, ranked for your trade, and delivered. There's no per-lead billing, your job is never sold to four of your competitors, and every opportunity links straight to the government source record. Permits are filed by the contractor who won the job, so nothing here is manufactured demand.
- Permits are public. Why would I pay for them?
- Because access isn't the hard part — the labor is. Pulling and filtering permits is about two hours a week per county, and most of what you pull isn't your trade. You're paying for the filtering and the ranking, so it takes the time it takes to read one email.
- By the time it's permitted, aren't the subs already chosen?
- That's true for MEP subs — plumbers, electricians, HVAC — who are picked at design. It was never about your trade. A dumpster or portable restroom is sourced when the site opens; landscaping and final cleaning are months out. You're early, not late.
- Won't this just create lowballing if everyone chases the same jobs?
- Straight answer: permits are public, so a competitor in your county who subscribes sees the same records — we won't pretend otherwise. What we never do is manufacture the race: nobody's job is packaged and sold per lead to four bidders. Most counties issue far more permits than any one crew can chase, and the operator who hears about a site at 6 AM and calls first usually wins it.
- How is this different from ConstructConnect or Dodge?
- We're not the cheapest and we don't claim the biggest database — those are real, capable products. Buildout Radar does one thing they don't: it covers these specific trades, ranks each permit with a plain-English reason and a service window, refreshes daily, and delivers a shortlist instead of a database you have to go dig through. Every opportunity is linked to its source record.
- What if my county isn't covered yet?
- You can enter any U.S. area, but checkout only opens when a verified permit source covers it and is currently fresh. If it's not covered, you file a free coverage request — you're never charged for an area we can't serve.
See what's breaking ground in your county.
Enter your area, confirm it's covered, and start your 14-day free trial. Card up front, no charge for two weeks — cancel in one click if it doesn't earn its keep.
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